Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.56
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date March 13, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Babson College
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.08 / 4.00 Steve Tolley
Assistant Director, Ground, Building Services & Sustainability
Facilities Management & Planning
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Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
156,936.63 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
Performance Year
Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 0 MMBtu
Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site 118.95 MMBtu
Option 3: Clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes 0 MMBtu
Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) 3,122.64 MMBtu

A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:

Our fuel oil is BioHeat, with a small component of bio diesel. The MMBtu provided is based on the bio diesel component, not the overall value.


A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:

Through Babson's electrical utility provider, Wellesley Municipal Light Plant, Babson has a contract to provide 5% of its electricity from wind power generated at the Spruce Mountain Wind Farm in Maine. This is a premium over the grid mix provided by Wellesley Municipal Light Plant.


The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Total energy consumption includes purchased electricity, natural gas, and fuel oil for FY2014.


Total energy consumption includes purchased electricity, natural gas, and fuel oil for FY2014.

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